** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Rights group Muslim Engagement & Development (MEND) have launched a new report The Great Debunk: Challenging Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories, which examines how false narratives about Muslims once limited to the far-right fringes have entered mainstream political,...
The Metro and RT report that a man who posted a message on Facebook calling for his followers to kill all Muslims has been jailed for a year. Keegan Jakovlevs, a 22-year-old from Wrexham, posted the message after the Manchester Arena bombings in April. Following the atrocity, in which 22 people...
The Nottingham Post reports on the sentencing of a man who admitted smashing a mosque’s windows earlier this year. Martin O’Connor, a 49-year-old from Radford, admitted breaking the windows of Nottingham’s Masjid Umar Mosque and Islamic Centre, in Alfreton Road, with a hammer. The incident...
The Independent and Metro both report on a video showing a woman unleashing a racist tirade towards Muslims visiting a cemetery on Eid. The video was posted on a local Facebook group, which showed the woman shouting out of a vehicle to a group of Asian men: “F*** off! You f****** P****!” The...
Yahoo News UK reported an incident which involved an Islamophobic rant that took place on a tram in Sheffield. The incident was recorded by Victoria Hindle, 32, and has over 175,000 views on YouTube. In the footage, the unnamed individual claimed he was a Britain First and Tommy Robinson...
Although generally England is becoming more tolerant and open of people from different backgrounds, a major new study reported by the Independent has shown that ¼ of English people view Islam as a ‘dangerous’ religion. Particularly following the string of terror attacks in Westminster,...
The Guardian reports on a study done by an advocacy group that the Prevent scheme, which is claimed to be needed for anti-radicalisation purposes, is instilling “fear, suspicion and censorship” on university campuses. Just Yorkshire conducted interviews with 36 Muslim students, academics and...
Liverpool Echo reports that Islamophobic graffiti was sprayed onto a Sri Lankan family home in Liverpool, with racist messages such as “Allar Akbar” and “pak*” smeared in black paint all over the front of the terraced house. It is believed the house was targeted some time after 10pm...
The Independent reports that an Asian man was assaulted twice in a racist attack at Anniesland train station in Glasgow on Sunday 27 August. British Transport Police said the man was pushed between a train and the platform by two men and a woman who hurled racist insults at him. After climbing...
The Belfast Telegraph reports an incident related to hate crime which took place yesterday involving a Pig’s head being dumped outside an Islamic centre in Newtownards and buildings being covered in anti-Muslim graffiti. The attacks occurred at Greenwell Street in the “Co Down town.”...
The Crown Prosecution Service has stated that the impact of tweeting abuse can be “equally devastating” as verbally attacking someone. Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders claimed that online abuse can cause a rise of “dangerous hostility”. A hate crime includes a motive which is...
